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Main definitions of slay in English

slay1

verb

1literary, archaic with objectKill (a person or animal) in a violent way.

‘St George slew the dragon’

‘They crawled out, brushed one another clean, slid the saloon-pistols down a trouser-leg, and hurried forth to a deep and solitary Devonshire lane in whose flanks a boy might sometimes slay a young rabbit.’

‘She did just that and on a day in August slew the beast, just as St. George did the Dragon.’

‘In the same sector, on the evening of February 22, 2003, a dog was slain by the beast that prowls the Candelero Abajo Sector.’

‘If I hadn't got them autographs and they'd found out I'd been in the great woman's orbit, they'd have slain me.’

‘The catchphrase was delivered with a look of saucer-eyed amazement which slayed the studio audience every time.’

‘Even if he had slain the government on tax cuts, he could not have won.’

‘This group, the godfathers of World music, slayed me in '71 with their eponymous debut album.’

‘Even though I think 80s music was pretty bad, the nostalgia's slaying me every time.’

‘It's the usual laughably inane business, but this one part slayed me with its sheer genius.’

‘It's Saturday night, you want to go to the movies, every single one of them will sort of amuse you but not one of them is going to slay you.’

‘And she's an eccentric Aquarius, which slays me every time.’

‘After the title track slays you with its intro - a minute plus of sweet guitar licks - the dual, give-and-take boy-girl lead vocals will capture your heart until you're screaming along without even knowing the words.’

‘One thing that slew me about Warburton's performance as the Tick: instead of the constant bluster of the cartoon voice, he would occasionally drop to a hushed tones that were pure Adam West.’